Common Contracts

Agreement and Group Anraction in Face-to-Face and Computer-Mediated Group Discussions

October 18th, 2016

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  October 18th, 2016

With the advent of computer technology, it is becoming more common for us to receive messages in our personal computer from an unidentifiable source. This condition, where the sender of the message is not identifiable is defined as anonymity (Marx, 1999). According to Marx (1999), anonymity is fundamentally social, involving "an audience of at least one person" (p. 100). The issue of anonymity is exceptionally privileged in Computer-mediated communication (CMC). This is because CMC has the capacity to facilitate anonymity by creating a state where the sources of messages can withhold their personal information such as name, gender, age, race, height, or status.

Western Kentucky University‌‌‌‌‌

November 5th, 2013

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  November 5th, 2013

With the advent of computer technology, it is becoming more common for us to receive messages in our personal computer from an unidentifiable source. This condition, where the sender of the message is not identifiable is defined as anonymity (Marx, 1999). According to Marx (1999), anonymity is fundamentally social, involving "an audience of at least one person" (p. 100). The issue of anonymity is exceptionally privileged in Computer-mediated communication (CMC). This is because CMC has the capacity to facilitate anonymity by creating a state where the sources of messages can withhold their personal information such as name, gender, age, race, height, or status.